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Ponies, apparently. And we and Quiver are leading it.
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I was wondering what had happened. We felt lost without you. Lovely.
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Having a Bad Day? Stop here for a Good Rant!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to traceria's topic in General Discussion
I'm not talking about people who call back immediately and say "You just called, but it's the wrong number." That's easy to deal with. People who call back and say I had the wrong number, but don't tell me what their number is, even when asked? If they tell me what their number is, I can figure out which number I dialed wrong. I don't expect them to figure out how I screwed up, but if they never tell me what number I dialed in the first place, I can never fix my mistake. -
Having a Bad Day? Stop here for a Good Rant!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to traceria's topic in General Discussion
Okay, what is it about rich people that makes the think appointment times are nothing more than a suggestion? Part of my job is calling to confirm appointments, and without fail, I'll have a east one person tell me "I'm going to be there at this time instead." No "Can I reschedule?" No waiting for me to see if that time is actually available. Just "I'm going to be there then and you'll all just have to deal." Now, in fairness, we do have people who call to reschedule. But the people who just expect the service department to deal with it? I don't get that. While I'm ranting about customers, can I say a word about people who call back to tell me I had the wrong number....without telling me what that number was? If you just call to say "You got it wrong, bye!" then I can't guarantee I won't dial your number in the future. -
In many ways, I've found the distinction between what critics consider "art" and "not art" to be arbitrary at best. Take WALL-E as and example. It is, objectively speaking, a beautifully animated movie. The level of thought and detail put into the world and the characters is nothing short of masterful. It delivers its message in a way that I and others found intentionally hyperbolic but not preachy, developing its two romantic leads by having them speak only a handful of words to one another. Yet one review said it "descends from art into kiddie-flick fare when the humans appear onscreen." Another said it would have been "more artistic" if the dialogue had consisted only of the words "WALL-E" and "Eva."I freely admit I'm no movie critic, but that distinction seems more than a bit random to me. How does a presence or lack of dialogue make a film more or less artistic? It gives the animators an interesting challenge to work with, sure, but how does that increase a movie's level of artistry? Would The Happening be elevated to High Art status if it contained no dialogue whatsoever? (I'll be the last to say it would be less watchable.) In other corners, we see the distinction between Art and Entertainment drawn along the lines of what is uplifting and what is not. Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses is intentionally depressing with a downer ending and characters who seem designed to embody the worst traits of humanity. It also contains a passage eulogizing a horse's bowel movements, and another that attempts to make a hangover appear deep and dramatic when all the characters do is vomit in the woods. Yet this is considered Literature. I had to read it in high school. Why? Who decided it was art, and why do they have more authority than the average Joe or Jane? I don't know the answers to these questions. But I do think that art is something each person, to an extent, must decide for themselves.
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Simple as they are, I'm still finding the rules to Hurt 'n' Heal a bit mystifying (well, not the rules, but the execution). That said, I cannot blame and must in fact commend everyone involved for wanting to hurt Fortuity.
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Oh, I didn't mention? Obliteration killed Nighthound because he was distracting him from the pugs.
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"And lo, the city of Portland was overcome with snorting. All Epics, even I, paused to watch as they tilted their heads not as one, but in a dozen different directions at once. 'Surely,' I said, 'no man could remain hateful or fearful after casting his eyes upon such cuteness!' 'Surely not,' said the one called Steelslayer.' And behold, all fear and corruption left me, and my mind was restored.'" Basically, that many pugs would break canon because Obliteration couldn't see them and NOT be redeemed.
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A...a hundred pugs? I'm not complaining, not at all. I'm just imagining all the dog hair that would cover Portland when those pugs started shedding.
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You have no idea how badly I wanted to replace my entire response to that YoungBard guy with "JOIN US. BE THE HERD." Also, there's a simple way to keep this game from getting too dark. It involves giving Protector Pug and her litter mates more screen time.
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As one of the people mentioned by name in the OP, allow me to opine on this conversation. I've struggled with depression since I was a teen, and one thing that helps is optimistic entertainment. Pixar's movies are some of my all-time favorites for this reason (and also because they tell better stories than some more adult-oriented films and TV shows). I love MLP because of it's optimism, the way just about any conflict can be resolved with a little creativity. I love the way it shows different people coming together as friends because of their differences, not in spite of them, and the way the show prioritizes friendship over romantic entanglements. I also love Brandon Sanderson's books. The Reckoners trilogy is definitely my favorite. I love his take on superpowers, the way he deconstructs comic book tropes and makes what could be a typical comic book universe into something dark and terrifying. In the Reckoners RPG, we combine the two. It all started when Kobold used General Zoi's Pony Creator to visualize one of his characters. The rest of us followed suit. I'm not sure why the two things--Reckoners and ponies--combine so well, but they do. I know MLP seems like mindless drivel to you. It's your opinion, and mine is that the show is an optimistic breath of fresh air in a market dominated by the dark and gritty. It's also my opinion that Brandon Sanderson is one of the best fantasy writers in the world today. And I see no reason why the same person can't enjoy both in equal measure.
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I couldn't decide which was a bigger surprise:
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Nah, you don't have to choose. Sit on the sofa and they'll flank you—one on your left and one on your right—you being a guest and all.
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Would you like…. Or perhaps you'd prefer….
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Would pug pictures help resuscitate you?
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Age Of Ultron [SPOILERS]
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to Delightful's topic in Entertainment Discussion
All right, I just saw it. And while I think it was missing some of the original's charm, it was a fantastic movie and a lovely setup for the next one. I'll probably post more coherent thoughts later, but for now, I shall use the ancient art of memes. First of all, I loved what they did with Hawkeye. Second, Ultron was…pretty scary. Having read Firefight before seeing Age of Ultron, his Scripture-quoting immediately reminded me of Obliteration. So, like any good fangirl, I began imagining what would happen if Ultron and Obliteration teamed up. I was surprised at what they did with Quicksilver, since in the comics he's usually teamed up with Scarlet Witch, but I did think toning down her powers was a very smart move. Overall, I liked this installment of their story. I enjoyed the focus on how defending the Earth from bizarre threats like aliens and undead Nazis messes you up—which, once again, really made Hawkeye stand out. I have one final thought before I return to my dungeon. -
About to see Age of Ultron. I solemnly swear not to spoil it.
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I might end with "So then, after I've been hugged and cuddled all over town, which Game seemed to think was adorable, I take her here, and Arsenal still doesn't get it until I actually kiss her! How'd HE feel if Steelheart flirted with him all over Newcago? How would he feel?"
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I vote for pantsing. I don't know where it might go, so we may as well see where it could go.
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It will now. I was currently working on a scene where she tells Vondra what happened mostly in secondhand dialogue--"She told him everything, as best she could relate it, resisting the urge to rant. Mostly." Something like that.
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Oh! I just realized! Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" is what would happen if we shipped Redlight! I'm standing here until you make me move Hanging by a moment here with you...
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Book two: Splody, splody. Book three: Why Don't We Have Both?
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One for his backstory, ending when he becomes an Epic. One about how he becomes ruler of Houston and how he runs his city, ending when he decides to destroy it. That way, Brandon decides that writing two books about Obliteration is like eating two potato chips and writes a fourth book in secret, necessitating a third book and then a fifth for funsies.
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Having a Bad Day? Stop here for a Good Rant!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to traceria's topic in General Discussion
I'm sorry. I don't think there's anything worse than when parents are controlling just to control. I can't tell you how many times my mom made up a rule on the fly just to punish me for breaking it ("I let you stay on the computer for four hours yesterday, so you don't get any computer time for the next three days, even though I didn't warn you what would happen ahead of time," or with my sister, "If you do all of your chores without being told for two weeks straight, I'll take you out for ice cream…but I'll let you think that this is a standing offer until we're actually in the ice cream shop, where I will inform you that—surprise!—this was a one-time thing, and if you don't do your chores without being told from now on, I'll just punish you"). I don't know what to tell you to make it better. I lived with that for years, and now I'm twenty-five and only just looking at moving out because of college, then grad school, and jobs that don't pay enough to live on my own while I was going to school. Just know that your parents are wrong in how they treat you. Being controlling, saying they're always right and you're always wrong because they're the parent and you're the child—that's wrong. I spent years thinking my parents must be in the right for how they treated me, and I'm only starting to see that what they did wasn't okay. I stumbled across this video late last night when I was looking for something else entirely, and it really validated how I've felt about the whole parent thing. -
Yeeeessssss. I would read two books about Obliteration. Especially if they started before Calamity, let us see what sort of a preacher he was, what happened to make him what he became….it would be incredible.
